Fiorenza doesn’t believe it. She is buying cigarettes at the distributor and she is the first customer of the golden tobacconist, in the heart of Naples’ historic centre. «Has 101 million really been won here? incredulous question, it’s not true, it’s not possible.” Then she turns around, she notices the photographers and reporters taking photos in front of the shop and she goes away with her cheeks full of wonder. Shortly afterwards, dozens of curious people arrive, stopping to celebrate Lady Luck in front of the lowered shutter. We are between Piazza Dante and Via Toledo, precisely in Piazza Sette Settembre. From here, from the famous Palazzo Doria D’Angri, Giuseppe Garibaldi appeared in 1860 to announce the annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the Kingdom of Italy. And it is here that the 6 of 101.511 million which hit the jackpot yesterday was printed Superenalotto. For the first time a win of 6 in 2024, as Sisal explained. The winning combination: 6, 40, 80, 71, 55, 20. 12 as wild card and 75 superstar number. The tobacco shop kissed by luck is called Beautiful Mbriana, the spirit of the Neapolitan traditional house, the briana lucky charm also by Pino Daniele. Precisely. When names are written on the table of destiny, or, needless to say, of fortune.
The reactions
This morning there will be an appointment at the tobacconist, which will soon change the sign. The printer has already been notified, and soon the news of the win will be exposed to everyone, curious and tourists. The winner, however, may have been “a tourist”. To explain why, but without going completely overboard, is the owner of the tobacconist, Salvatore Gaspari, 52 years old. «Honestly – he says to Il Mattino – I have no idea who won. He could also have been a tourist, given that the area is highly frequented by visitors who come from all over the world. This morning I will have some more information when I stand in front of the terminal. But anyone could have won: the Superenalotto is going strong for us. We make about 800 prints per day of plays. Let’s hope the winner doesn’t forget us. In these hours, in any case, I will contact the printer and we will change the tobacco shop sign. This win, I hope, will be good for the whole neighborhood: I who live on games and luck know what an event like this means. I didn’t get to the tobacconist last night because I live far away.” Speaking of numbers, since the start of Superenalotto yesterday’s number is Jackpot number 115 Campania confirms itself as the luckiest regionhaving hit 20. The last 6, worth 85.1 million euros, was hit in Rovigo on 16 November 2023 with a 3 euro ticket. The record Jackpot of over 371 million euros, the highest awarded in the 25-year history of Superenalotto, was hit on 16 February 2023 by 90 winners via the Systems Noticeboard. The system distributed 90 winnings of around 4 million euros each to the entire peninsula.
The district
The name of the tobacconist, we said, evokes good luck. And, in this case, the words have been transformed into a concrete fact, into news that is making the rounds around the country in just a few hours. We find ourselves on the threshold of the bowels of Naples: we are behind the Pignasecca: the popular market where, especially in the last years of the boom in visits, you can equally meet Americans with Gucci bags or Neapolitans from the alleys. A few hundred meters from here there is the mural of Maradona, which has become the destination of pilgrimages from every corner of the Earth. In essence, we are in Partenope where the sacred and the profane occupy the same spaces. The 101.511 million in the Superenalotto were won here, due to a coincidence with the destinies of the old city. The wait to discover the name of the winner is very high in these hours, even among the traders in the area themselves. Rosario Ferrara, for example, is the president of the Toledo natural shopping center and has a toy shop a few steps from the destiny-kissed tobacconist. «Let’s hope a Neapolitan won, he sighs. However, this event will be good for the whole neighborhood. And it will give everyone confidence so that things can improve.” Among the small crowd that camps in front of Bella Mbriana there is also Marco Chicca. «I can’t believe it, sigh, we’re from the area and we always play in this tobacco shop. I could have been the winner, but unfortunately that’s not the case.” Her smile says a lot. When the “cake” turns the right way.
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